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Oh, this was so painfully realistic. The in-betweenness of the age of Rose and Windy, wanting boobs, almost studying the "townies" of their beach getaway town Awago, like trying to peer behind the curtain of grown-upness. They watch horror movies to prove something - to themselves? To the "Dud" at the check out counter at the corner store. I love that Windy is more true to her self - she is afraid of the movies and says so, she stands up to Rose when she starts name-calling all the girls in the
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This graphic novel won't change your world, and it might not even be the best graphic novel you read all year (unless you only read this and like the graphic novelization of Twilight), but it is worth it for decent bildungsroman with a female main character. The characters were interesting, including Rose's parents, and the lake teenager townies. There is a bit of plot, but really the best parts of this were just the slice-of-life bits of being a teenager at a summer cabin on a lake. Rose is bor
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The illustrations were interesting. But I didn't like the plot and was not able to like the characters. And seriously, one major controversial issue wasn't enough? They had to throw in multiple ones. And the profanity turned me off, so call me a prude.
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SUPER well done. Hit close to home and perfectly captured the feeling of being young in the summer with grown up problems happening around you. The intertwining of the art and words was so magical in spots, I would just linger on a picture for a while. Excellent.
Sweet story of a summer interlude where nothing and everything happens to a couple of pre-teen kids.
Apr 10, 2017
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